Always store floor panels under cover.
Is flooring supposed to be under flange.
The reason being is because the toilet recesses into the flange when fully installed but when the flange sits even or below the floor the toilet can t properly recess into the flange.
It has to sit evenly on top of the finished floor.
Since you re raising the level of the floor you ll likely need to raise the level of the flange that skirts the drain as well.
Adding the 1 2 cement board and tile around the flange would leave the finished floor 3 4 above the flange.
By caulking around the base water from outside the toilet cannot creep under the toilet.
If your flange sits even or below the floor then it s wrong.
This is very important.
This means that it becomes less likely the floor beneath your toilet will become damaged in the event of an overflowing sink or other cause of bathroom flooding.
When the floor is installed after the flange the alignment.
There are two major plumbing codes which require caulking around the base of a.
Then i leave a gap of 1 4 or so to the rest of the flooring that will be.
Good idea on the crumbling cement board under the flange.
So what i am thinking is i basically cut a round or square i guess now that i think about it piece to go under the flange.
See your hardware store for a flange extension kit.
The toilet has to be removed and the flooring cut to go around the floor drain.
I bought a lifeproof vinyl plank flooring that is supposed to be waterproof and has the underlayment already pre attached.
Edge gold includes patented down pore grooves that help shed standing water and a proprietary edge seal to reduce edge swell.
Then the toilet is reset so the base covers the cuts around the drain.
But i don t want to screw the flange to just the subfloor.
So how about adding a wood ring to the sub floor.
5 x 5 has tub shower against one wall 1 toilet 24 cabinet and current flooring looks like vinyl roll linoleum.
Osb exposed during construction must be allowed to dry especially before installing sensitive finish materials such as hardwood flooring.
Am installing some allure vinyl floating floor in bathroom i am also installing a new toilet flange and toilet since i replaced the subfloor there.
Closet flange installation 1 above the floor.
Installing the flange above the floor is known to help prevent leaks the height of the flange allows for enough wax to properly seal the flange in place and keeps water from escaping.
